Track-cleaner.



J. H.. HALLER.

TRACK CLEANER.

APPLIUATION FILED MAY 2z, 1912.

Patented Dec. 16, 1913.

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TRACK-CLEANER.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

PatentedDec. 16,1913.

Application filed May 22, 1912. Serial No. 699,016.

To all whom t 'may concern Be it known that I, JOHN H. HALLER, citizenof the United States, residing at New Canaan, in the county of Fairiieldand State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulmprovements in Track-Cleaners, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has relation to car fenders, and has for its object toprovide a fender of simple and durable structure adapted to be mountedupon the truck frame of a car and positioned in advance ofthe forwardwheels of the truck.

The fender is disposed at an acute angle with relation to the trackrails so that when it encounters an obstruction upon the track it willmove the same sidewise off of the track.

l/Vith the above object in view the fender includes a plate having atits lower edge a lug adapted to move along the side of the head of therail. This plate is supported in any suitable manner upon the truckframe with the disposition with relation to the rail as hereinbeforestated.

A still further object of the invention is generally to improve thisclass of devices so as to render them more useful and commerciallydesirable.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to thefollowing description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of part of a truck with the fender applied; Fig. 2 is atop plan view of the fender; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the fender.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawingby the same reference characters.

The fender includes a plate 1 which is provided at its lower edge with alug 2 adapted to travel along the side of the head of a track rail.Brackets 3, having U-shaped body members, are attached to truss bars 3of the truck frame, the plate 1 being secured to these brackets by meansof countersunk bolts 4. Inasmuch as the truss bars are arranged one uponeach side of each pair of wheels of the truck and in parallel relationto the rail upon which said wheels travel, the plate will be suspendedimmediately over the rail.

The plate l is disposed over the head of the track rail at an acuteangle to the length of the rail, and the lug 2 is so disposed that itssides are approximately parallel with the sides of the head of the rail.The plate 1 is provided at its lower edge with a shoulder portion 5which is spaced slightly from the top side of the head of the rail andthe side of the lug 2 is spaced slightly from the side of the head ofthe rail. This shoulder portion 5 does not project beyond the outer sideof the head of the rail and consequently while the shoulder portion 5 iscomparatively close to the head of the rail the portion of the plate 1beyond the outer end of the shoulder is elevated at its lower edge sothat the fender may pass objects located upon the ground upon the outersides of the track rail. These objects may be paving blocks, crossingboards, or similar objects which project slightly above the level of theupper side of the head of the track rail. The lug 2 is comparativelythin and consequently will readily pass through switches or any otherspaces which will admit the flanges of the wheels. It is of courseunderstood that two of these fenders are used upon the truck, one fenderbeing located over each track rail.

As the car moves along the track the plates l will encounter anyobstruction that may be upon the rails and sweep the same beyond theouter sides of the track rails. The lug 2 extending along the inner sideof the head of the track rail will have a tendency to lift an article orobstruction, which otherwise might be encountered by the flanges of thewheels, and move the same out of the path of the wheel flanges.

While the foregoing description and accompanying drawing set forth thepreferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood thatvarious changes may be made in the details of construction, arrangementand proportions of the parts without departing from the scope of theinvention as defined by the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

The combination with truck bars of a wheel truck of a car. said barsextending one upon either side of each wheel, of brackets engaging thetruck bars, downwardly and forwardly extending arms formed integrallywith said brackets, and a fender plate secured upon the free ends ofsaid arms and extending in a vertical plane, the tending below the treadof the rail and di- 10 outer end of the fender plate being directedrectly in the path of the wheel ange. rearwardly at an angle, said Platebeing In testimony whereof I affix my signaprovided at its lower edgewith a downture in presence of two witnesses.

wardly formed shoulder substantially equal in width to the width of thetread of a rail JOHN HENRY HALLER [1 S] and positioned to extend acrossthe same Witnesses: and in Close proximity thereto, said shoul- VVALEERBARNES, der having a downwardly depending lug ex- MAE E. RUTLEDGE.

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